I think most would agree this board itself consists of mostly Disney nuts. Not all. But the majority. This doesn’t correlate to exclusively consisting of Disney apologists. But a small niche of Disney goers, for sure. Especially when you're considering the ones who are actively posting.
I say that to say this…
Threads like this, where opinions of a highly unique fan base are shared, often leave me (as an engineer/analyst who is dependent upon massive amounts of data to make judgement calls) unfulfilled. We often don’t get a wide variety of opinions because they’re so stylized, as I said above. Meaning, in most cases we have a feel for what Disney is doing; how Disney operates. We don't know everything, but we have been indoctrinated in many ways in to the Disney system and that absolutely plays a part in how you vacation, for better or worse. Not only that, but we are lacking in a means to accurately answer the questions like “did Disney fail”, etc. Disney doesn’t provide us that information willingly; we normally have a wait a while to see theme park attendance numbers. Besides, attendance numbers for the initial opening period won’t tell the full story of whether the land is received well; you need to wait years to see what the long-term attendance is if you want to understand guest satisfaction.
BUT, we do have YELP. And, based on the YELP reviews the satisfaction levels seem to about a 4 out of 5 for SWGE in both California and Florida parks.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/star-wars-galaxys-edge-anaheim-2
https://www.yelp.com/biz/star-wars-galaxys-edge-lake-buena-vista-2
Now, of course one could make the case that those reviews are constituted of Disney fans. However, I think using a site like that is a more meaningful way to determine customer satisfaction because of the wide variety (IOW, it’s not just Disney fans only providing a review). You have people's subjective opinions quantified.
Based on this, with the scores hovering around 4 out of 5 on average, I would say that, statistically speaking, SWGE isn’t necessarily an
absolute “hit” but it is certainly well-received by park-goers.
Diving further in to the data, you can see the review scores over time. Given HS SWGE hasn’t been open too long there are relatively few reviews currently for HS SWGE (32 as of this post). So, I focused on the reviews for DLR SWGE as I feel that would be a reasonable representation with a higher review count and operational period. Those reviews over the past couple months have flat-lined at about 3.5 out of 5 on average.